Powerful Virginia county could be headed for political transformation (“[Sharon] Bulova, who has been on the board for 30 years, says she will announce next month whether she’ll pursue a third term as chair. Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth (D-Providence), 69, has told friends she is unsure whether she’ll run, and Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), 74, declined through a spokeswoman to say whether she’ll seek a fifth term.” Yep, I’ve been hearing for ages that Bulova will retire, and also Smyth and Hudgins.)

Gov. Northam names new members to state air, water boards as pipeline opponents fume (“We hope these new board members are qualified, but, frankly, we have no idea who they are. What we do know is that they are replacing two highly respected, well-qualified board members who dared to ask the hard questions about Dominion’s unnecessary and destructive pipeline, and that their appointments come just weeks before an important final vote on this project and on the heels of a contentious hearing where they raised serious concerns.”)

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Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Statement on Arrest of Officer on Charges of Assault and Battery…More Details Coming Soon (Apparently, this is about "a white officer us[ing] a taser on a black male," and supposedly the video is "disturbing") https://bluevirginia.us/2020/06/fairfax-commonwealths-attorney-statement-on-arrest-of-officer-on-charges-of-assault-and-battery-more-details-coming-soon

For a view from the far right, here's neo-Confederate Corey Stewart ranting about how race (supposedly) doesn't matter - except to "Antifa" and the "left," which he claims is obsessed with it & wants to use it to take white people's stuff away from them. https://bluevirginia.us/2020/06/video-photos-say-their-names-a-peaceful-protest-in-arlington-va#comment-4943875122